Sunday, March 30th, 2014

Fourth Sunday of Lent

Organ Prelude: Fugue in G Minor, J. S. Bach

Processional Hymn: 371 Thou, Whose Almighty Word

Trisagion S-102

Psalm 23, Chanted on Tone 2

Before the Gospel: 671 Amazing Grace, Stanzas 1-3

After the Gospel: 671 Amazing Grace, Stanzas 4 & 5

Offertory Anthem: Miserere Mei, Lotti

Miserere mei Deus, Have mercy upon me, O God,

Secundum magnam misericordiam tuam, According to your great loving kindness.

Et secundum multitudinem miserationum And according to the multitude of your mercies

Dele iniquitatem meam. Blot out my iniquity.

Doxology

Sanctus Healy Willan S-114

Lamb of God Willan S-158

Communion Anthem: If Thou But Trust in God to Guide Thee

If thou but trust in God to guide thee,

And hope in him through all thy ways,

He’ll give thee strength whate’er betide thee,

And bear thee through the evil days.

Who trusts in God’s unchanging love

Builds on a rock that nought can move.

Sing, pray, and keep his ways unswerving;

So do thine own part faithfully,

And trust his word, though undeserving;

Thou yet shalt find it true for thee;

God never yet forsook in need

The soul that trusted him indeed.

Organ Meditation: Forgive our sins, as we forgive Hymn Tune: DETROIT, Arranged by: Wilbur Held

Communion Hymn: 339 Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Gladness

Recessional Hymn: 388 O Worship the King

Music Notes

by: Ashley Sosis

This Sunday’s meditation uses the tune of hymn 674, “Forgive our sins as we forgive”.

“Forgive our sins as we forgive” you taught us, Lord, to pray;

But you alone can grant us grace to live the words we say.

How can your pardon, reach and bless the unforgiving heart

That broods on wrongs and will not let old bitterness depart?

In blazing light your cross reveals the truth we dimly knew,

How small the debts men owe to us, how great our debt to you.

Lord, cleanse the depths within our souls, and bid resentment cease;

Then, reconciled to God and man, our lives will spread your peace.

The hymn text of hymn 674 was written by Rosamond E. Herklots (1905-1987). Herklots wrote in a letter that the words of the hymn were inspired by a day of pulling up weeds in her garden. To her, the act of pulling up weeds from their roots was like finding and removing bitterness and resentment from her own heart.